Dengue in Mauritania
Country profile for Mauritania (Africa): official dengue surveillance data reported to WHO, analysed by the SENTINARA early-warning engine.
Key facts
- Mauritania reported 897 dengue cases from January to July 2026, +76.6% compared with the same period of 2025, according to WHO Global Dengue Surveillance.
- Deaths reported in 2026 to July: 0 (122 in the same period of 2025).
- In 2024, the last full year, Mauritania recorded 3,640 cases, an incidence of 68.5 per 100,000 people and a case fatality rate of 0.000%.
- SENTINARA early-warning level for July 2026: Normal, because cases are within the usual range for this time of year.
- Cases usually peak in October (based on 3 complete years).
- The anomaly detectors flagged 2 months; the most recent was December 2025 with 1,227 cases.
- OpenDengue holds complete annual totals for Mauritania since 2023.
- Countries with a similar seasonal pattern: Pakistan, Dominican Republic, Afghanistan, Sudan, Barbados.
Related pages
- Dengue in Pakistan
- Dengue in Dominican Republic
- Dengue in Afghanistan
- Dengue in Sudan
- Dengue in Barbados
- Dengue in Ethiopia
- Dengue in Côte d'Ivoire
Data updated 2026-10-31. Sources: WHO Global Dengue Surveillance; OpenDengue V1.3 (Clarke et al., 2025), doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.24259573; Dinas Kesehatan Kota Semarang; World Bank Open Data; NASA POWER.